San Antonio Welcomes Xenex Healthcare Services

Xenex Healthcare Services, a fast-growing leader in portable room disinfection systems for healthcare facilities, announced that it is relocating its headquarters and manufacturing operations from Austin to San Antonio this month.

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, City Manager Sheryl Sculley, San Antonio Economic Development Foundation President Mario Hernandez, Dr. Fernando Guerra and representatives from BioMedSA were among those who joined Xenex CEO Morris Miller on Friday to announce the move, which further strengthens San Antonio’s reputation as a leader in the bioscience and healthcare industry.

“Our City is committed to growing its strong portfolio of bioscience and healthcare companies and attracting medical device innovators like Xenex,” said Mayor Julián Castro. “Xenex will complement San Antonio’s existing assets and expertise in the field of Infectious Disease and will help us expand our entrepreneurial talent pool so vital to our 21st century economy.”

without disrupting hospital operations or requiring the use of expensive chemicals. The Xenex system will disinfect dozens of rooms per day, so hospitals can use the system continuously to reduce contamination levels throughout their facilities.

“San Antonio is attracting leading companies like Xenex because of the tremendous collaboration of our city, county and the SAEDF,” said Mario Hernandez. “This collaboration allows San Antonio to maintain a progressive and attractive business climate which continues to prove successful in growing our diverse industries like the bioscience and healthcare industry.”